India will continue humanitarian flood warnings to Pakistan, but all institutional mechanisms under the 1960 water-sharing pact remain suspended as New Delhi pushes ahead with hydropower projects in the Chenab basin.
The MEA's response came after Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned that Islamabad would go to war with New Delhi if its water security were threatened.
India launched a strong rebuttal to Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council, rejecting claims on Jammu and Kashmir, questioning the relevance of the Indus Waters Treaty and accusing Islamabad of continuing to support terrorism.
The Indus Waters Treaty was placed in abeyance by New Delhi following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists.
PM Modi and several Union Ministers switched their social media display pictures to Operation Sindoor as India marked one year of the military response to Pahalgam.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Water Resources Minister Javed Ahmed Rana has said that the project was expected to be completed by the end of March.
The Minister visited three project sites in Kishtwar on Monday and directed officials to ensure the timely completion of the hydropower projects on the Chenab River, a key component of the Indus river system.
Pakistan has urged India to resume the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi put in abeyance in May following the Pahalgam terror attack.
India on Friday categorically rejected the ''supplemental award'' by what it called the “illegally constituted” Court of Arbitration, purportedly constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, concerning the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
Regardless of the controversy justifying the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, India’s obligation under international law remains.
